Two in a Boat: A Marital Rite of Passage

by Gwyneth Lewis

Book Overview

In her forties Welsh poet Gwyneth Lewis decided to trade in her landlubber life - a nice house in Cardiff and a sensible job at the BBC - for life aboard a small yacht with her husband Leighton, a former bosun with the Merchant Navy and now in his mid-sixties.

"We bought our first sailing boat by accident... She was a twenty-three-foot Intro class racer called Nitro, had a yellow hull and was totally unsuitable for beginners, so we bought...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0007120648
• ISBN13: 9780007120642
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Great story, well-written

There is as much research and nautical information as there is narrative in this story. For someone who knows nothing about sailing, it made for a fun and easy read. Made me wish I was along for the journey. I would love to know what happened next; perhaps a sequel is in the making...?

Two in a Boat. It hits home!

Two in a Boat is very easy reading and anyone that has ever sailed with their spouse can relate to every chapter in her book. It is interesting that everyone seems to have very similar experiences. Love to sail, read this book!

A must for sailing couples

Every sailing couple will benefit from Gwyneth Lewis's Two in a Boat. The joys, sorrows, ecstacy, and anger that inevitably emerge and are shared by sailing couples are traced in elegant prose and with deep sensitivity. And, in the process, you've got one superb account of sailing from the U.K. to Gibraltar. A book not to miss.